The Reverse Cull

Retreat 2022: Western Adventure

Book
2022
Written by Andi Gladwin
Work of Andi Gladwin
111 pages (Paperback), published by Vanishing Inc.
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
48 entries
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Part One: Technique & History
Andi Gladwin The Reverse Cull intro
 		1
Andi Gladwin The Basic Sleight
2
Andi Gladwin Three Alternative Handlings reverse cull handlings with references
 		7
Andi Gladwin History credit information with many early sources
 		10
To have a card... early under-spread-force handling
Also published here
  • Asti Manuscript, ca. 1700 (Gibecière, Winter 2013, p. 53)
 11
To make a Card touched by a person's finger to be any particular card early under-spread-force handling
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  • The Notebook (Will Houstoun, 2009, 1800s manuscript)
 13
The Slipped Card early under-spread-force handling
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  • The Magician's Own Book, George Arnold, 1857
 15
Hubert Picton Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card reverse cull as key card placement
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  • Stanyon's Magic, Vol. 4 No. 2, Nov. 1903
 17
Ralph W. Hull Hull's "Hide-Out" Card Sleight showing that a card is apparently missing while spreading through deck, reverse cull
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Related to
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Part Two: Reverse Cull Techniques
25
Three Reverse Cull Spread Force Finesses
27
Andi Gladwin Flickin' Hofzinser flicking the selection in under-the-spread force
 		27
Andi Gladwin Indifferent to Hofzinser removing the card from spread after under-the-spread force
 		30
Andi Gladwin Hoftake under-the-spread force handling
 		33
Andi Gladwin Spread Grab Force spectator reaches into spread and takes a bunch with reverse-culled force card at the bottom
  • A Simple Force
  • Grab Cut Force (cross cut force continuation)
  • Reversal
 		34
Andi Gladwin Swivelswitch card turned face down in spread, bottom deal type switch
 		37
Tomas Blomberg TB Spread Double double lift from a spread, starting with reverse cull
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Inspired by
 41
The Culling Room Floor
47
Andi Gladwin Culling a Card Second From Bottom inserting a culled card to second-from-bottom
 		47
Andi Gladwin Hiding Something About a Card showing bottom card of fanned portion while covering part of it
 		47
Andi Gladwin Preparing for a Force reverse culling bottom card into center
 		49
Andi Gladwin As a Switch card shown as in-the-hand spread is broken, card then tabled
 		49
A. Berkeley Davis Repositioning a Card card and position thought of in packet, it is then lost and located, featuring addition of a card from the face to the back of a packet
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  • within "Slide and Hide" (Linking Ring)
 51
Andi Gladwin Reverse Elimination Force sections of the deck eliminated in stages until one card remains
 		53
Andi Gladwin Adding a Roughed Card positioning a roughed card next to another card
 		53
Andi Gladwin As a Packet Add-On addition of a card from the face to the back of a packet
 		53
Andi Gladwin As a Business Card Prophecy Style Move
54
Part Three: Tricks
55
Andi Gladwin Memorised Centre Deal performer apparently memorises order and then deals out Aces to himself
Inspired by
 57
Top Stock Rosette Shuffle
57
Troy Hooser Reverse Cull Stacking
Related to
 59
Andi Gladwin All Over Displace Aces put face-up on top, they vanish and are instantly distributed throughout deck
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Related to
Variations
 61
Andi Gladwin Scatter Daley Aces distributed all over deck as finale to Cavorting Aces
 		65
Andi Gladwin The Versatile Sandwich Sequence reverse-cull loading a card between two reversed sandwich cards in the middle of the deck
 		69
Andi Gladwin ATM Sandwich flourishy sandwich sequence
Inspired by
  • "ATM Flourish" (Oliver Sogard)
 70
Andi Gladwin Vanishing Sandwich card travels from card case to sandwich in the deck
 		71
Blank Faced Card in Case box shown empty despite card inside
Related to
  • "A Spectator Does a Trick" (Frank Lane, Linking Ring, Aug. 1937)
 71
Andi Gladwin Synapse quartet distributed face up in deck changes places with another four-of-a-kind on top of deck
Inspired by
 73
Andi Gladwin TATFUS "Tabled Any Time Face-Up Switch"
ATFUS handling in which deck is on table, using count cop & transfer
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Related to
 74
Andi Gladwin Kissing Cards two Kings always return to center face-to-face
  • Additional Phase
Inspired by
 77
Andi Gladwin The Gladwin Thrust spectator stabs card reversed next to selection under the table
Inspired by
 84
Andi Gladwin Collect Me Quick Collectors as skill demo
  • Easy method
  • Difficult method
 		88
Edward Marlo Bottom Unit-Upjog Addition see page 97 for credit information
 		90
Part Four: Multiple Reverse Culling
99
Andi Gladwin Multiple Reverse Cull two methods to reverse cull two or three cards simultaneously
  • Double Bottom Reverse Cull
  • Double Reverse Cull
Related to
 101
Andi Gladwin Splitting the Arrow push-through failure, then repeat with sandwich cards around selection
 		104
Andi Gladwin Sandstorm collecting cards are fairly distributed yet appear face up on top with selections in between
Inspired by
 107
Data entered by Denis Behr, May 2023.